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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

821 PM EDT MON AUG 5 2002





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOMERSET AND BEDFORD COUNTIES 

UNTIL 1015 PM...



AT 815 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST. 



THE RAIN HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF IN SOMERSET COUNTY...AND SHOULD BE 

OVER BY 845 PM. BY 930 PM...THE RAIN SHOULD BE OVER IN BEDFORD 

COUNTY. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

SINCE 7 PM IN CENTRAL SOMERSET AND BEDFORD COUTNIES. THIS RAIN... 

COMBINED WITH THE RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON...WILL RESULT IN 

RAPID RUNOFF. THE RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET AND BEDFORD 

COUNTIES. PLACES ALONG THE WILLS CREEK AND IN THE CITY OF SOMERSET 

ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE WORST OF THE FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO 

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT

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